The '80s saw the rise of truly creative and expertly directed rock videos, and late boomers were treated to some of the most ...

When MTV debuted in 1981, it ushered in a golden era of music videos. The network’s launch was groundbreaking for artists everywhere. Suddenly, music was no longer a purely audible medium. Visuals ...

Artists still make music videos to promote their work, but it’s a much different world out there from when every new clip premiered with Ballyhoo on a channel called MTV (which still exists but is a ...

Here are five '80s music videos that were the ultimate party, chosen by the members of veteran hard rockers H.E.A.T. For almost two decades, the band has been churning out fist-pumping, anthemic rock ...

The most defining music videos of the 80s and their legacies are explored. Nothing defines the 80s more than the music videos of the era. Music Videos That Shaped the 80s explores the top videos that ...

You know, the ’80s were a wild time for music videos. They were colorful, outrageous, and often downright bizarre. If you think about it, some of those clips were practically mini-movies filled with ...

The 1980s saw a music video boom and with it came the further exploitation of women in music. For decades prior, women had been used as tools – plastered across album covers and heralded as mere ...

In our previous ’50s, ’60s and ’70s examinations of Feel-Bad Hits of the Summer, a song had only to depress, distress and oppress listeners on its own merits, be it regrettable lyrics, ill-chosen ...

Here are 10 hair metal music videos that defined 1980s (and very, very early 1990s) pop culture. Big hair. Bigger hooks. Even bigger budgets for fog machines and neon lighting. If there’s one thing ...

Most music videos don't make sense. Some are plain out there. And, the level of cheesiness is astronomical. On that note, ...

Forty years ago, Debbie Harry went on network TV to introduce a new musical phenomenon called hip-hop. “The most recent fad to catch on with kids in our big cities and metropolitan areas is rapping,” ...